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Coast Guard Reserve Good Conduct Medal

In 1963 the Coast Guard created its Coast Guard Reserve Good Conduct Medals as their latest entry into the medals of America. These Coast Guard ribbons and medals are awarded for a standard satisfactory reserve tour of three years of duty. These Coast Guard medals and ribbons are intended only for enlisted personnel and are not eligible to be presented to Coast Guard officers. The main difference between the Coast Guard’s regular Good Conduct Medal and the Reserve Good Conduct Medal is the former is only issued for active duty service while the later is bestowed for the time spent in reserve duties like drill practice and annual training camps.

The Coast Guard Reserve Good Conduct Medal ranks as the lowest of the personal US military medals that are not foreign campaign awards. It is worn in the position below the active duty Good Conduct Medal, and occupies the bottom position in the general order of precedence that has been established to govern the proper display of all military medals and ribbons for official display on the uniforms of Coast Guard personnel. Additional awards are denoted by Service Stars.

The Coast Guard Reserve Good Conduct Medal can be worn as slide-on military ribbons and medals, or the newer thin mini-medals, and ultra thin military ribbons that have gained such wide-spread acclaim from military personnel who recognize the value to their career advancement of always maximizing the smartness of their uniform appearance.